After months of rain in Dunedin the sun is starting to make an appearance. That leads us to the raising of willow as club cricket gets under way for another season. Steve Hepburn takes a look at the teams for glory.

Sir Richard Hadlee has spent four years delving into the details of New Zealand’s storied ‘‘49ers’’ cricket team. In Dunedin to promote his new book, The Skipper’s Diary, Hadlee spoke to Jeff Cheshire about the way cricket was and the way he thinks it should be.